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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 21 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Bronchitis. White patch upon the heart. Gangrenous state of inside of the cheek with thickening of the tonsils from the use of mercury apparently
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Gangrene (Cheek);Thickening (Palatine tonsil)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The mother said he had been ailing ever since Christmas but did not know what was the matter with him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, pharynx and mouth
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1855
Date of death: 29 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in Liver and Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Thought evidently dying of Phthisis, this man was admitted by the Apothecary on account of his extensively exhausted state, he being scarecely able to stand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, mottled, smooth & having their cortical part infiltrated by a light yellow deposit. Enlarged heart with ‘granulations’ on the margins of the aortic valves. One of the flaps of this valve was greatly enlarged & broader than the others. Peritonitis. Pleural effusions
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man gave no very distinct account of the commencement of his symptoms. He had been ailing 10 months, had felt weak, & perspired very much, and had now been obliged to keep his bed for 2 months. Had had shortness of breath but no beating of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1870
Date of death: 27 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus Cordis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient stated that she had suffered from disease of the heart for a year, and for the last month had had dropsy of the legs and abdomen. She had had acute rheumatism three times, the last attack 20 years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1851
Date of death: 6 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys which were very small, granular & almost entirely devoid of cortical structure. Hypertrophy of the heart, ‘granulations’ on the margins of the mitral valve, slight contraction of the mitral orifice. ‘Pleural adhesion’ on the right side & effusion on the left. General anasarca and ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart, lungs); Edema (Systemic); Ascites (Peritoneum)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Admitted labouring under a fourth attack of dropsy within the short period of 13 months, this woman who was married & had borne seven children, stated that she had been an in-patient about 8 years ago in this hospital with some cutaneous affection, but beyond this had never suffered any ailment for very many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous alterations of the uterus. No other part being affected thereby. Disease of the kidneys which were greatly enlarged, smooth & lobulated, their cortical portions being occupied by a light yellow-coloured deposit. Recent peritonitis & dilatation of bladder & ureter
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Bladder, ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young woman, a housemaid, & having lived in a very hard place, was admitted with vaginal discharge, & pain in the region of the uterus, which had led to the suspicion of commencing cancer. She stated that the catamenia [menstruation] had first appeared when she was only 12 years of age, and had been irregular & excessive since she had reached the age of 17. For a very long period she had scarcely been free from a slightly red-coloured discharge, but she had a severe flooding at times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1852
Date of death: 18 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased liver. Yellow deposits in kidney. Effusion of bloody fluid into the peritoneal, pleural and pericardial sacs. Bronchitis. Engorgement of the lungs. Fluid blood. Purpuric spots
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Deposits (Kidney); Effusion (Abdomen); Effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Engorgement (Lung) ; Fluid (Blood) ; Purpura (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had been ailing ten or twelve years, chiefly suffering from what he termed nervous debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1854
Date of death: 2 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in the liver. Ulcerated colon. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Colon); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had been taken ill rather suddenly on the 5th Nov with pain in the abdomen, which had gradually extended up towards the chest and was now chiefly situated about the lower end of the scrotum’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1853
Date of death: 24 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Diseased kidney. Peculiar arterial distribution to the kidney. Fibrin in the peritoneal and pleural sacs. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Face); Oedema (Leg); Albuminuria (Kidney); Disease (Kidney); Fibrin (Abdomen); Fibrin (Pleura);Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A very pallid, deaf, elderly person who stated that her face first began to swell about five weeks before admission and subsequently her legs also became dropsical.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 5 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Cartilaginiform thickening of the capsule of the spleen. Bronchitis. Fracture of the neck of the thigh bone
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Thickening (Spleen); Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She alleged that she had suffered from cough for several years but she had been much worse for the last year and a half.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1853
Date of death: 24 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Prolapsus uteri after parturition. Ulcers of uteri. Diseased vertebrae. Fibrin in large abdominal veins. Secondary pneumonia. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Prolapse (Uterus); Parturition (Uterus); Ulcer (Uterus); Disease (Spine); Fibrin (Veins); Pneumonia (Lung);Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Her last confinement was about a month ago. She had a haemorrhage before delivery and the child was still born.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large stone in bladder. Lithotrity. Inflammation of bladder & urethra, with an ulcerated opening in the front part of the latter, & a foul abscess. Inflammation of right kidney etc. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Partial softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Operation (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, urethra, kidneys); Abscess (Urethra); Pneumonia (Lungs); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient who was a shoemaker & a native of Kent, was admitted with symptoms of stone in the bladder, there being slight pain in the perineum particularly after the evacuation of the urine, & occasional attacks of retention which he stated to be invariable preceded by the passage of blood with the water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, urethra, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1852
Date of death: 12 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in lungs, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum. Effusion into the ventricle of the brain and sub arachnoid tissue. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Effusion (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This girl was admitted in a very depressed state, complaining of pain in the head. She stated that she had been ill about a fortnight with shivering, pains in her limbs, with thirst and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1854
Date of death: 24 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Tumour in abdomen caused by pressure of pregnant uterus. Ulceration of bladder. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen); Pregnancy (Uterus); Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A married woman whose last child had been born 9 years ago, and who it appears had never suspected herself to be pregnant. [She] stated that she had been ailing since Xmas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1853
Date of death: 23 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Albuminous urine. Purpuric spots on integuments. Diseased kidneys. Diseased heart
Disease (standardised): Oedema (General); Albuminuria (Kidney); Purpura (Skin); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with general anasarca.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, leg and thigh
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1854
Date of death: 24 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Ligature of a uterine polypus. Fibrin coagulaum in veins
Disease (standardised): Ligature (Uterus); Polyps (Uterus); Thrombosis (Blood vessels)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This person was originally admitted into the hospital on the 19th Oct 1853 and was taken charge of by Dr Lee, at the desire of Dr Page. She was admitted with large uterine polypus, and gave the history that she had borne 3 children, the last having been still-born about 7 years ago. The catamenia [menstruation] had at no time been very regular, but twice then she had suffered from one or two severe floodings, and during the last 4 years had been free from red or colourful discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, iliac veins

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1852
Date of death: 13 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dilated fasciculated bladder. False passages and thickening about the membranous portion of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Bladder); False passages (Urethra); Thickening (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He stated on admission that he had laboured for the last four years under stricture of the urethra.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. The friends objected to the examination of other parts of the body
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1851
Date of death: 20 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Pleurisy on the left side. ‘Low pneumonia’ on the right side
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had been subject to cough for two or three years, but had been decidedly worse during the last 6 months; his legs had only swelled a fortnight, and they had become in the last few days very much inflamed & very painful’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1851
Date of death: 9 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy following scarlatina. Dilated and enlarged heart. Deposits of firm yellow lymph in the lungs and kidneys. White patch on heart. Fluid state of the blood
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Lymph (Lung); Lymph (Kidney); Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with very extensive anasarca, said to have commenced after scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Envelope maker
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1856
Date of death: 10 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the Uterus and Peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Carcinoma (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman stated that last May when walking to her business she felt something give way in the abdomen, and became at once very faint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pubic bones and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer’s man
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1851
Date of death: 17 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scald from the bursting of a cistern. Congestion of the duodenum & ileum found 14 days afterwards. Congestion of the lungs & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Duodenum, ileum, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was an engineer’s man, & while engaged with an engine, a cistern burst & he was deluged with boiling water, scalding very severely the trunk, arms & part of the thighs, raising the cuticle into numerous blisters. In his suffering, immediately after the accident, he threw himself into a well containing cold water, & he was soon after this brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 18 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the dorsal vertebrae. Softening of the spinal cord. Scrofulous disease of the right kidney
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spine); Disease (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had an abscess in the back fifteen years ago. Ten years afterwards another formed in the same place. Fourteen weeks before his admission another abscess formed in the same spot & much matter was discharged. Soon afterwards a bedsore formed on the sacrum & his legs swelled. For two months he had entirely lost both motion & sensation in both legs & for six weeks the urine had to be drawn off by catheter’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1851
Date of death: 15 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Ascites & anasarca, Contracted granular & mottled kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart without valvular disease. Recent pericarditis. Inflammation of areolar tissue & under the fasciae of neck about the larynx & oesophagus. Congestion & oedema of the lungs. Effusion into subarachnoid tissue & ventricles of brain
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys, heart); Inflammation (Neck, throat); Congestion (Lungs); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur and Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was twice admitted at no very distant intervals into the hospital; first under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] on the 12th February complaining of pain across the epigastrium & headache with some oedema of the ankles, and a very sallow aspect when it was ascertained that he was labouring under disease of the kidney with albuminous urine; and next under Dr Wilson [James Arthur Wilson] on 26th March with chronic rheuamtism, pain in head, & some confusion of ideas’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, pharynx, larynx, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1868
Date of death: 27 Mar 1868
Disease (transcribed): Amyloid disease of kidney. Syphilitic deposits in liver.
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was a soldier and had suffered from hepatitis in India in 1857 and had also contracted syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1851
Date of death: 3 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever attended by diarrhoea and vomiting and low pneumonia. Ulceration of ileum. Deposits of a low unorganizable substance in the kidneys. Ecchymosis and congestion of the spleen. Fluid state of the blood
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Vomiting (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Deposits (Kidney);Ecchymosis (Spleen) ; Congestion (Spleen) ; Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an advanced stage of fever. She had been first seized with rigor and diarrhoea five weeks before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a